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Medium 6.9Published Jan 24, 2011

CVE-2011-0639Apple Mac OS X does not properly warn the user before enabling additional Human Interface Device (HID) functionality over USB, which allows user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary programs via c…

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Apple Mac OS X does not properly warn the user before enabling additional Human Interface Device (HID) functionality over USB, which allows user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary programs via crafted USB data, as demonstrated by keyboard and mouse data sent by malware on a smartphone that the user connected to the computer.

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CVSS
6.9 MEDIUM (v2.0, NVD)AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-16
Known exploited
Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days)
Not loaded for this CVE
Assigned by
Not given
NVD analysis
Modified
Record last updated
Jun 16, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals
Nov 1, 2026

Affected products

Affected products
apple mac_os_x
apple:mac_os_x
all versions
NVD

References

References

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